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Amber

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~365,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#520 among girls
Births in 2025
576 375,668 since 1880
Typical age
37 years, median

Amber popularity over time

Amber rank by birth year, 1880–2025Amber ranked #580 in 1880 and #520 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #13, in 1986.#100#1,000#520best #13 in 198618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1986 is the peak year for Amber, with 17,008 births. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 31 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #520 with 576 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 41%. It climbed 20 places against the previous year.

Babies named Amber per yearPeaks at 17,008 births in 1986.17,008 in 1986018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Amber?

About 365,000 people named Amber are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 375,668 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Amber?

The typical living Amber is 37 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Amber a late 20th-century name.

Your Amber

Ages of living people named AmberHalf of living Ambers are older than 37 and half younger.median 37020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Amber is most common

Utah uses the name 1.9× as often as the country as a whole. California, New Jersey and New York follow.

Where Amber is used more than average5 states use the name Amber more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.6× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: 1.9× the national rateUTColorado: 1.3× the national rateCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Amber is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Utah 126 1.9×
California 1,211 1.7×
New Jersey 228 1.6×
New York 504 1.6×
Colorado 119 1.3×

Amber in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Amber ranked #164 in 2025 on 302 births. That is 52% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Amber comes from

From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (“ambergris”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Amber

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Amber Heard American actress 1986 84
Amber Valletta American model and actress 1974 44
Amber Benson American actress 1977 44
Amber Tamblyn American actress and writer 1983 40
Amber Rudd British politician 1963 39
Amber Riley American actress and singer 1986 35
Amber Rose American model and television personality 1983 31
Amber Midthunder American actress 1997 29
Photo credits (4)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 2,188 in 1973 to 3,285 in 1974 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Amber

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Amber was in 2025.

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